Raphael Maria Bastian February 17, 1965 - April 23, 2024

death and helped develop the Catholic belief system that guided her life. Attending Georgetown University for college and the University of Miami for law school, Raphael continued her pattern of forming lifelong friendships and strong allegiances. A loyal friend who believed in showing up, she once attended approximately 17 weddings in different parts of the country, every invitation she received that year.

Her charitable work coincided with her job as Vice-president, General Counsel and Secretary to her family-owned business, SAT Holdings. Raphael’s father, James Bastian, owned and operated Southern Air Transport, a cargo airline based in Miami. He urged Raphael to earn her pilot’s license, which she did while still in high school. And he eventually recruited her to join as General Counsel of the airline in 1995. She left her position as Senior Attorney at the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she worked as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

In addition to her husband and children, Raphael is survived by her sister Marquette Bastian Arnold (Steve) of Potomac, Maryland; her brother Bartholomew Bastian (Natacha) of Miami; Boniface Bastian (Joanna) of Miami; nephews Andrew and Josh Arnold, Christopher, Sean and Christian Bastian and Nathaniel Grines and dozens of lifelong friends.

Services will be held at Church of the Epiphany in Miami on May 9 at 11 a.m. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Carrollton Endowment Fund, www.carrollton.org/endowment or the Epiphany Endowment Fund, 8080 SW 54th Court, Miami, Florida 33143.